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E.T. Phone Home: Fact or Fiction?
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Guillen, Jodie |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Description | In an engaging E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial movie context, teams watch online movie clips and solve fun puzzles to discover clues to unlock padlocks on a box to answer the question: E.T. phone home—fact or fiction? They learn that renewable solar energy powers satellites and space communication. A favorite movie, “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,” provides the backdrop scenario for students to discover how harnessing the sun’s energy provides unlimited power for many purposes, including the operation of thousands of satellites in orbit today and communication over long distances. In the movie, E.T., an alien life form, is stranded on Earth and befriends Elliott, the little boy who rescues him. As E.T. becomes gravely ill, Elliott realizes that E.T. needs to return home in order to survive. To arrange for transport, E.T. must “phone home.” Teams engage in an interactive quest to answer the question: E.T. phone home—fact or fiction? They must discover four clues in order to unlock four padlocks on a box that contains the answer. This requires them to watch a one-minute online video, complete a crossword puzzle, scan three QR codes for articles to read, and put together a cut-apart puzzle with an invisible ink clue. They watch short online movie excerpt videos to kick off and wrap up the activity. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado University of New Mexico |
| Subject Keyword | Earth and Space |
| Content Type | Text Video |
| Time Required | PT45M |
| Education Level | Class V Class VI Class VII Class VIII |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity Lecture cum Demonstration |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Structure of the Earth |
